Of course a "cute" Hong Kong rom com will still have casual rape jokes and expertly choreographed fight scenes at the end. If you're gonna watch this it's for Sammo Hung & Maggie Cheung, but I probably just downloaded it for Joyce Godenzi. Was it worth it? Well, she was in it for about 2 scenes.... so yes.

I don't see how you can love Woo's melodrama in the first two movies, and not be completely riveted by this. Unless you're just in it for the action? But like I've said before, what's action without weight. This movie has a tonne of that, boy howdy. On its own it represents a bold new direction in complete contrast with part 2, while the bigger picture has it retroactively elevating this trilogy to something truly special. When Kit gives Mark the coat? Fuuuuuuck.

Do you see what happens when an entitled fanbase boycots a movie because it didn't give them exactly what they wanted? DO YOU SEE?! An initiative that produced something that is so insanely gorgeous, so utterly submerged in foreboding gloom, so refreshingly unconcerned about losing you as a viewer... only to prematurely get its plug pulled, leaving us forever wondering about what could have been. And boy, don't even get me started about the soundtrack. You wanna know how I…

More proof that Ryan Coogler subscribes to the theory that when Wallace disappeared in season 1 of The Wire he was actually off somewhere getting mad jacked. Also dang Angela Bassett doesn't age huh? What's up with that.